2022 World Sevens Series
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@Stargazer said in 2022 World Sevens Series:
@Victor-Meldrew I really like Kitiona Vai. The most talented of the newbies, IMO. Rokolisoa the best of the lot though.
The old guys - Joe Webber & Dylan Collier - were exceptional in that game too. Experience really showed.
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@Victor-Meldrew Webber wasn't good in the first half. Made up for it in the second. Collier was indeed good.
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Looks like we will play the Aussies, who look very sharp and disciplined
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@Stargazer said in 2022 World Sevens Series:
So it's NZ v Australia Cup Final!
Kick-off 4:58am.
Replays of the finals from 10:30am on Prime.
@Stargazer said in 2022 World Sevens Series:
So it's NZ v Australia Cup Final!
Kick-off 4:58am.
Replays of the finals from 10:30am on Prime.
Don’t watch ….
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Geez not hard to know what our achilles heel continues to be. Looks like our opponents expect us to tap kickoffs back nicely to the nearest over running opposition player and we keep obliging.
Great performance by young NZ team nevertheless. The newbies have a bit to learn and will make a strong team when they do.
I hate to see isolated guys shown the sideline and run into touch when a centring kick would be a probable try. -
@ACT-Crusader said in 2022 World Sevens Series:
Paterson just broke a couple of Samoan ankles!
Brilliant individual run.
Paterson and Toole are freaks.
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@mikedogz Was just going to post this:
HSBC New Zealand Sevens returns to Hamilton in 2023
International Sevens action will return to Hamilton this summer with the Black Ferns Sevens and All Blacks Sevens out to defend their respective titles when the HSBC New Zealand Sevens lights up FMG Stadium Waikato on 21-22 January 2023.
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Henry Paterson was awesome. The tries and the tackle at the death in regulation time. Boy has some wheels. Best player in both the final and the semi.
Unlucky to our boys. I thought we did enough to give us a chance to win, but the Oz ball retention and discipline was good.
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Hamilton now presents even more of an ideal setup, with next year a second field at neighbouring Willoughby Park to be used to host around eight to 10 matches as well, which will allow full men’s and women’s tournaments to be played across two days, with those games to also be broadcast on the stadium’s big screens, while fellow neighbouring ground Fred Jones Park will stay as a warm-up venue.
Willoughby Park is next to Gate 4, the main entrance to the Brian Perry Stand. There is no seating and the playing surface will need to be improved. The public might even be able to watch for free unless it is fenced off.
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@Stargazer said in 2022 World Sevens Series:
Would it be possible to fence off a walkway between both venues, so that paying spectators from the stadium can walk to the other field to watch games, and back?
I am sure the organisers will have a plan to allow for spectator movement between the main ground and Willoughby Park, but they will need to fence off some adjacent streets too. Those streets are closed for rugby games anyway.
The teams will be using nearby fields for warm-ups so that sort of system must already be in place.
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All Blacks Sevens team for the last leg of the 2022 men's World Series, the LA Sevens:
Kurt Baker returns for 50th All Blacks Sevens tournament in Los Angeles
The All Blacks Sevens stalwart Kurt Baker will run out in the black jersey for the 50th time in Los Angeles next weekend, named in the 13-strong team for the World Series tournament.
Sam Dickson will travel as 14th man.
Unavailable due to injury: Tim Mikkelson, Scott Curry, Rhodes Featherstone, Kitiona Vai & Andrew Knewstubb.
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